Coke-quenching container



June 8 1926.

E. OPDERBECK COKE QUENCHING CONTAINER Filed Jan. 22, 1925 Patented June 8, 1926.

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QOKE-QUENCHING- CONTAINER.

Application filed January 22, 1925, Serial No. 4,022,:mdin Germany January 25, 1924.

This invention relates to quenching containers such as those employed for quenching colre and has for its object to provide an improved serviceable construction whereby a container'of this character can be simply and durably constructed to overcome the drawbacks hereinafter referred to in connection with present well known containers which are employed for similar purposes.

More specifically stated, the present invention contemplates a suitable quenching container having the necessary degree of refractory durability, freedom from w arping, and a relatively low cost of manu facture. Other and further objects of invention will appear in the specification and be pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings 2- Figure 1 is an axial section of a preferred embodiment of my invention; and

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same.

In order to conduct the quenching of coke in an economic way, the construction of the container is essentially of great importance whether the process be carried on by means of a wet method or by means of a dry method in which inert gases are employed. It the vessel is made of refractory iron, such. for example as hematite iron, the durability of the vessel is fairly secured, but the dead weight which is necessarily carried when the coke is being moved, is very great. This involves a large investment of capital for transportation machinery as well as for operating expenses. If the quenching vessel is constructed of sheet metal, on the other hand, this weight is considerably lessened but the vessel is liable to become warped and out of shape generally by reason of variations in temperature so that it soon becomes useless. Of course such a vessel may be lined with refractory bricks, but even so such a lining must be frequently renewed on account of the wear to which it is subjected. To obviate these difiiculties, the present invention contemplates a container of moderate weight which requires no refractory lining and is in no way subject to warping from exposure to heat.

Referring more particularly to the drawings. an upper member or top ring 1 is susvided with a drop bottom 5 hinged at 6.

Suitable means for holding said drop bottom 1n closed position during the travel of the container from the filling station to an emptying station is provided by some of the chains 3 which are connected to the free side of the drop bottom 5 so that when the bottom ring 4 is deposited upon the annular seat 7 at the discharging station, an axial collapse of the chains 3 permitting the drop bottom 5 to assume the dotted line position shown in Figure 1, whereupon the contents of the container are discharged. Suitable means for reenforcing the chains 3 to pre vent their outward displacement may be provided by circumferential bands or rings 8 which may be connected to said chains and disposed at any suitable intervals between the top ring 1 and the bottom ring 4.

Suitable means for protecting the chains against oxidizing or other reducing influences to which they may be subjected duringthe quenching process may be provided by imparting to said chains a protecting coating such for example as that produced by calorizing.

I claim 1. A container for quenching coke, said container comprising top and bottom members, and lateral walls comprising vertically arranged suspension members connecting said top and bottom members and arranged in suitable order to confine the coke while at the same time forming interstitial spaces for admission of the coke quenching elements, said bottom member being provided with a drop bottom normally held in closed position by some of said suspension members and permitted to drop into coke discharging position under relative axial move ment between said top and bottom members.

2. In a container tor'quenching coke and the like, the combination with a top suspension ring, of a bottom, chains suspending said bottom from said top ring, said chains being suitably juxtapositioned to form lateral containing Walls provided with sion'ring, of a bot't'ohi, chains suspending said bottom "fro'rfi'said' top ring, 'S'aid chains being suitably juxtapositioned to form lateral containing Walls provided with interstitial 'openi-ngsfor the substance to be quenched, said bottom being provided with a trap door sup-ported i'n closed positi-on by one or more of said cha-ins in extension and released to fall into discharging position by an axialcollapse of .said chains 4. In a container for quenching coke and the like, the combination with a top suspension ring, of a bottom, chains suspending said bottom from said top vring, said chains being suitably juxtapositi'oned to 'form'lateral containing Walls provided with interstitial openings for the substance to be qL1e11clied',"a11d perimetrical bands arranged about said chains for laterally supporting; saidchains intermediately to their ends. 1

EMIL OPDERBECK. 

